Kostya, The classy champion.

[moochi]

Kostya Tszyu fought and KTFO the other champions in the division!!....he totally knocked them out many times!!...that is a champion!...

the "champions" of today fight for paper titles and win by a round and you guys call them legends!!...no fking way!...

mayweather is great, but damn, he has fought average guys and doesn't win nowhere as near as Tszyu did...whilst Tszyu fought champions....

Tszyu deserves a lot more respect than what you guys give him!

[elgaringo]

Kostya Tszyu fought and KTFO the other champions in the division!!....he totally knocked them out many times!!...that is a champion!...

the "champions" of today fight for paper titles and win by a round and you guys call them legends!!...no fking way!...

mayweather is great, but damn, he has fought average guys and doesn't win nowhere as near as Tszyu did...whilst Tszyu fought champions....

Tszyu deserves a lot more respect than what you guys give him!

Agree 100%! Well said

[monkeyboy]

Tszyu's straight right goes into the arsenal of the perfect boxer. The same boxer that has Hagler's chin, Tyson's left hook, Jack Dempsey's brain etc. etc.
That was a weapon that only he had to that degree. When it snapped out, if it landed, you went DOWN! Loved to watch it.
Tszyu is one of my more contemporary favorites. I hope his retirement is permanent and happy. He's done well.

[DiegoFuego]

i like his ponytail

I think it's absolutely gay. Kostya was a very classy champion, but I don't support him refusing to go out on his shield.

[BLOODSHED]

Now, I know you don't believe what you wrote below. Pure, crap.

Don't put boxers' lives under the microscope unless you're willing to let people judge your life.

You want to speak of delusional antics. What about Wlad, your hero, claiming to be poisoned before the Brewster fight. Why was that lie ok to say?

You're a hypocrite that needs a reason to hate someone you feel internally jealous of.... sad.

PS: This thread wasn't about trash talking.

The difference between a guy like Ali or Paulie talking ****, and someone like Mayweather or James Toney is that the first group comes across as self aware to me. They realize how ridiculous they sound, and get a kick out of.


Mayweather is just a fool and actually believes he's done enough in the sport to rank up there with Ray Robinson. I don't care if he's ****y or not, but at least have some brains and think before you say something. Anyone remember him chastising Corrales for beating his wife when he himself was known to hit his girlfriend? Talk about ****ing ******. He's sitting in his glass house on his glass sofa chucking ****ing bricks at the guy across the street.

See, I laugh along with Ali or Paulie, but I find myself just plain laughing at Mayweather, Judah, Toney, etc and their delusional antics.

If a guy is smart and articulate, I get a kick out of the vicious trash talk and the insults. After all, Johnny Rotten is one of my all time favorite personalities. But when a guy has his head in the clouds and is talking hypocritical **** about others, he's making a pretty big target of himself I think.

[RICKY OH]

If Tzsyu retires permanently, my main memory of him will be of him quitting on his stool like a *****.

That and his tragic efforts on Australias Strictly Come Dancing.

[GEOFFHAYES]

Kostya Tszyu fought and KTFO the other champions in the division!!....he totally knocked them out many times!!...that is a champion!...

the "champions" of today fight for paper titles and win by a round and you guys call them legends!!...no fking way!...

mayweather is great, but damn, he has fought average guys and doesn't win nowhere as near as Tszyu did...whilst Tszyu fought champions....

Tszyu deserves a lot more respect than what you guys give him!

Agreed..

It's also interesting to point out that Tszyu has never been out-boxed in his life.

[GEOFFHAYES]

It's also interesting to point out that Tszyu has never been out-boxed in his life.

That's why a Mayweather fight now would be interesting..

[monkeyboy]

If Tzsyu retires permanently, my main memory of him will be of him quitting on his stool like a *****.

That and his tragic efforts on Australias Strictly Come Dancing.

I'm sure that you are more than qualified to comment on P4P rated, former world champion Kostya Tszyu from your Momma's basement as you jack off to anime ****.

Grow up and **** off until you learn some respect for men who are better than you will ever be.

[Kid Achilles]

Now, I know you don't believe what you wrote below. Pure, crap.

Don't put boxers' lives under the microscope unless you're willing to let people judge your life.

You want to speak of delusional antics. What about Wlad, your hero, claiming to be poisoned before the Brewster fight. Why was that lie ok to say?

You're a hypocrite that needs a reason to hate someone you feel internally jealous of.... sad.

PS: This thread wasn't about trash talking.

I am not a public figure, making millions of dollars and living in the limelight as Toney, Judah, etc are. I can criticize them as I wish, say what I want about them, as is always the little man's prerogative when it comes to criticizing the wealthy and famous. If I were a widely read writer perhaps I'd have to be careful of what I say about someone, but I'm not, so I can put anyone I want "under a microscope" and criticize them and talk all the **** I want. At the very worst, I piss someone off, which I enjoy doing anyway.

You write in your post that I'm internalizing what I said about Judah and Mayweather as an excuse to dislike them. You then go on to say I'm jealous of them? Don't make me laugh, I'd rather be Baldomir or Kostya over Zab Judah anyday. I would not switch places with Judah or Mayweather if the ability was given to me. I don't respect people for success, but for personality and character. I have no jealousy for any of these guys. I said what I said because it's how I feel. Mayweather is delusional if he thinks he's done enough in boxing to be seen as an all time great, and Judah is just a ****ing idiot with no self restraint whatsoever.

In fact, Zab Judah is the least classy person I've seen in boxing since James Butler sucker punched an opponent who went over to console him after a loss. I only respect that Judah fights on a world class level and has some impressive boxing ability. He has shown me nothing about his character, inside the ring or out, to garner my respect for him as a human being.

As for Wlad claiming he was poisoned before Brewster, where is your evidence that it was a lie? I am under the impression that he truly believes he had been poisoned. I doubt he really was, but that doesn't dismiss the theory that he was suffering from some ailment that caused him to collapse as he did, and then he immediately became su****ious of someone poisoning him. He believed he was poisoned and he said it. Not what I'd call a lie.